Non-Scale Goal Setting

freedski1

Hey guys,
So if you know me, you know I really struggle with mindless eating in the evening time.
I've often thought that this problem is due to the fact that I over-eat on high caloric, low-volume nutrition-poor foods during the day, and then am left feeling deprived as I face an evening meal of 100-200 cals.

As a result, I'm having a very hard time with the scale, as you might imagine.

As such, I'm setting some non-scale goals for myself, to break the cycle that i'm on.

Here are my goals for this week. Feel free to share yours!

1) Eat more filling, nutrient-dense, foods during the day
2) Bring a dense, filling snack/small meal to work every day (today's snack is curried albacore tuna salad and spinach on a sandwich thin!)
3) Track everything honestly for 5 days - no skipping!
4) Stay at or under goal cals for 5 days - no cheating!

tovaF

One of the things that has really helped me, is having an abundance of things that are almost free- like steamed veggies along with dinner. That makes the meal feel more filling, especially if i mix them with carbs that I want to eat. Sometimes I do 1/2 a serving of pasta with 1.5 servings of veggies all covered in sauce. in my brain it is pasta, but in my calorie log it is still veggies.

The other thing is I do soups for lunch, they are "filling" without being full of calories (I make them at home)

Or I try to go on a walk to counter at least 1/2 of my calories from lunch!

freedski1

i'm with you on the veggie bulking thing. I bulk almost everything I eat with spinach and/or broccoli. If I eat pasta, it's both. Great idea about the walking, though!! Now that the weather is nice, I'd like to start doing it too! Maybe we can have a walking phone date (since we're in the same time zone, right?)?